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Responded to the Environment Agency’s (EA’s) consultation on the Biffa Incinerator in Shepshed - I have, for many years, been in discussion with local residents, Biffa, the Council, the Planning Inspectorate and the Government about this incinerator and I continue to be disappointed and very frus

Supported the Prime Minister’s Statement on the Chequers Agreement - the Prime Minister updated the House on the Government’s agreed negotiating position for the next round of negotiations with the EU.

Attended a meeting with EEF – EEF is the representative voice of UK manufacturing and represents 20,000 companies across the engineering, manufacturing, technology and industrial sectors, including some businesses locally.

Voted on the Lords’ amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill about Parliament having a ‘meaningful vote’ - I have been clear (since I first voted with 10 other Conservative colleagues in December 2017, against my Party, to insert a final Parliamentary vote in this Bill) that MPs must have a meaningf

Met with other Leicestershire MPs to discuss the Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan – this draft plan sets out the aspirations for delivering housing, economic, and infrastructure growth in our local area until 2050.

Loughborough MP, Nicky Morgan, recently took her call for local communities to have a greater role in the planning process to the House of Commons when she led a parliamentary debate on the important issue.

Led a Westminster Hall debate on planning – I know that planning is a great concern to many local residents and so I applied for this debate to discuss the role of local communities in the planning system.

Attended a briefing with the Prime Minister on the Customs Union - whilst the 2017 Conservative Party Manifesto ruled out continued membership of both the Single Market and the Customs Union, it also said that the UK would seek a deep and special partnership via a free trade and customs agreement